Coping with public and private transport since 2001
05:00. The alarm clock sounds, and we know: it is time for us to get out of bed as we have a busy day ahead of us. First, we will be picked up at the hotel at 05:30 for a morning bird watching tour, and after that we’ll have breakfast. The tour takes place not inside the Monteverde Reserve, but
Continue readingA new day, a new guided tour. This time it is after a dinner without Gallo Pinto, a first for me since we have landed in Costa Rica. Why, I hear you ask, is it that I didn’t have Gallo Pinto for breakfast? Well, that is simply because this hotel does not offer Gallo Pinto as a breakfast option. We
Continue readingAnother early start as we leave the lodge near Arenal, this time without any flat tires. 🙂 The journey today will lead to another well known location in Costa Rica: Monteverde. Most well known of course is the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, which consists of, you guessed it, tropical cloud forest. The 120kms again take about 3.5 hours to drive,
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